I found this "modernized" script of the "Cinderella Story" on the web. To my shame, this version stars Hillary Duff. It shows an interesting digression from Fairy Tale form towards realism. If the Romantic organizing ideas were, according to Fry, "chastity and magic," then this example of the low mimetic movement shows the ironic dialectic between the worlds of Romance and the world of experience. It is a parody of the aesthetic ideal...but it is content to be in that place. Her kingdom is a farce of the imaginary--a movement between two modes, or worlds. The archetypal identity and symbolism is limited by the vision of reality of the girl from the Valley--prince charming is at In and Out Burger and her nefarious nemisis sounds like it is her waist-line. This story is a 10.
A Cinderella Story Script:
once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom,lived a beautiful little girl...
...and her widowed father. it's beautiful. okay. it wasn't that long ago.
And it wasn't really a faraway kingdom. it was the San Fernando Valley.
it looked faraway... ...because you barely see itthrough the smog. But to me, growing up, the Valley was my kingdom.
i was my dad's best friend. And he was mine. Being raised by a man put me behind inthe makeup and fashion departments. But i never felt like i missed out on anything.
i was the luckiest girl in the world. My dad owned the coolest diner.
i loved hanging out there. Diet was a four-letter word here...
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